1. Distance & Displacement

2. Distance & Displacement
Scalar and Vector quantities

3. Distance & Displacement
Scalar – a quantity that is fully
described by a magnitude (numerical value) alone.

4. Distance & Displacement
Vector – a quantity that is fully
described by both magnitude
and direction

5. Distance & Displacement
Scalar or Vector? 5m

6. Distance & Displacement
Scalar or Vector?
30 m/sec, East

7. Distance & Displacement
Scalar or Vector?
5 mi., North

8. Distance & Displacement
Scalar or Vector?
20 degrees Celsius

9. Distance & Displacement
Scalar or Vector?
4000 Calories

10. Distance & Displacement
Distance – is a scalar quantity
that refers to “how much
ground and object has
covered” during its motion
-the actual path

11. Distance & Displacement
Displacement – is a vector quantity
it is an object’s overall change
in position
-the shortest path from
point A to point B

12. Distance & Displacement
What is the displacement of the cross-country team if they begin at the school, run 10 miles and finish back at the school?

13. Distance & Displacement
What is the distance and the displacement of the race car drivers in the Indy 500?

14. Distance & Displacement
NOTE
displacement is direction-aware,
When an object changes its direction of motion, heading the opposite direction effectively begins to cancel whatever displacement there once was

15. Distance & Displacement
What is the coach's resulting displacement and distance of travel?

16. Distance & Displacement